On the global attractivity and oscillations in a class of second order difference equations from macroeconomics
arXiv:1002.3090
Abstract
New global attractivity criteria are obtained for the second order difference equation \[ x_{n+1}=cx_{n}+f(x_{n}-x_{n-1}),\quad n=1, 2, ... \] via a Lyapunov-like method. Some of these results are sharp and support recent related conjectures. Also, a necessary and sufficient condition for the oscillation of this equation is obtained using comparison with a second order linear difference equation with positive coefficients.
the final version of this paper will be published in Journal of Difference Equations and Applications